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    Haddis Alemayehu as a Social Critic
    (Addis Ababa University, 1987-06) Tsegaye Hailu; Hailu Araaya
    An understanding of a writer ' s socio- political milieu is essential for the ove r all ::tp;')reci;:,tion of his work . The socio-p olitical milieu th ~ t surrounds a writer is the source of the content m8.tter he uses. It 2.1so explains whv a g iven author reB.cts as he does tr; his enviromnE'nt. The reactions to a given soc ia-political mil ieu can be expressed in ths form of satire. Haddis Alemavehu a lso used satire to critioize his society . 30cj~1, political, religious and moral crib CiSl~!S ~r(: some of the major themGs that recur in his work. Authors in f';eneral ap:)caJ:' to t ake a posit i ve and progressive stand. But 8. cle,se anCtl'(sis 0f their works reveals some of them as being hplf-he::t rted i~ their dedication for the welfare of the oppressed m8SSCS. Some , like Haddis Alernayehu, want a grD.dual ch.:n[;e ,:ic.h"ut uprooting the established system . 'rhe seemingly clear casire for chan!".e can be seen in t h e works of many authors. Hovievcr, t rw "ray they So about that change ano what they vlant to replace in the chanfced systems become vague and hazy as one looks closely into their work's . Thev tend to forfTet (;h(! 0') jecti ve realities and 'become utopians . Raddi s "',lemayehu is ('He of them.